Lake City Grocery Outlet

February 27, 2013 |JOSHUA TRUJILLO

Seattle's plastic bag ban is having an unintended consequence, more theft at grocery stores. Lake City's Grocery Outlet is struggling under significant losses.

JOSHUA TRUJILLO

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A customer enters the Lake City Grocery Outlet. The store is struggling because of a significant increase in theft. The increase is blamed on Seattle's plastic bag ban and a concentration of inebriates and drug users in the neighborhood. Nearby Fred Meyer also suffers from the highest theft rate in the entire chain, members of the North Seattle Chamber of Commerce were told. A company spokeswoman said that's incorrect, but did not say which location did have the highest theft.

A customer enters the Lake City Grocery Outlet. The store is struggling because of a significant increase in theft. The increase is blamed on Seattle's plastic bag ban and a concentration of inebriates and drug users in the neighborhood. Nearby Fred Meyer also suffers from the highest theft rate in the entire chain, members of the North Seattle Chamber of Commerce were told. A company spokeswoman said that's incorrect, but did not say which location did have the highest theft.